As part of its mandate to further enhance India’s digital drive in the travel and tourism industry the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) will launch its maiden initiative aimed at travel start-ups. “Travel Tech Launchpad” – will be a platform that encourages innovatio…
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Sundar Pichai Live: Google CEO announces ‘MyBusiness’ tool to help SMEs set up own website
Google CEO Sundar Pichai is hosting a technology event today in New Delhi and the focus is mainly on SMEs in India. The event is also be attended by IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad along with many senior executives from Google. Pichai during the event said, “With the internet, even small business…
Relief for SMEs adopting digital payment mode: Ravi Shankar Prasad
Union Information Technology Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on December 17 said that no inquiry or opening on their transactions pre-November 8 will be done if small shopkeepers and enterprises adopt digital payment mode. Prasad said that this observation was made by Prime Minister Narendra Modi du…
Multimodal transport & port-led industrialisation, a game changer: Nitin Gadkari
New Delhi, 16 December 2016: The government is planning to develop an integrated system of roads, railways, airports and water ports and is also working on port-led industrialization, said Nitin Jairam Gadkari, Union Minister for Road Transport, Highways & Shipping, and described the developm…
Tirupati Tech Expo notes increase in participation of innovators & tech startups
About 100 domestic and international business agreements were signed at the DST-Lockheed Martin India Innovation Growth Programme(IIGP)‘s Tirupati Technology Expo in Tirupati city. The number of agreements, which are primarily aimed at taking the innovative technology ideas to the market, h…
Unique Patient Identifier for policyholders to drive digitisation of health insurance | Study
New Delhi: Digitisation and IT are changing the landscape of healthcare and health insurance ecosystem in the country. PM’s initiative of ‘Digital India’ has given a further boost to digitization that will help in the adoption of Electronic Health Records (EHR) and Health Information Systems in t…
Europe 29 trade potentials vastly under-explored: Gen. V K Singh
New Delhi: The true potentials of India-Europe 29 bilateral trade flows are vastly under-explored. Stating this in his keynote address in the inaugural session of the 2-day 3rd India – Europe 29 Business Forum being organised in New Delhi, Gen (Dr) V K Singh, Minister of State for External …
Demonetisation to create jobs, reduce lending rates
Vadodara: Manufacturing and trade may have taken a hit after demonetisation but the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) feel that the move will help their sector in the long run. Members of industrial associations and chambers in Gujarat said that the small and medium sector firms that emp…
Tapping opportunities in capital goods sector can add up to ₹50k cr to GDP: Report
Mumbai: A new report, “Accelerating growth in the Indian capital goods sector”, by FICCI and McKinsey & Company was released by Subhash Rajaram Desai, Minister for Industries & Mining, Government of Maharashtra along with Girish Shankar, Secretary, Department of Heavy Industry, Government…
Full FTA with India to give an impetus to two-way trade says Israeli President
Reuven Ruvi Rivlin, President of the State of Israel, today expressed his firm commitment he and the Israeli business delegation accompanying him “are here to make in India and make with India” and hoped that his visit will open the way for a full Free Trade Agreement between the two …